Frontier Nursing University Graduate Schools

Frontier Nursing University (referred to as Frontier Nursing) is a Private, 4 years school located in Versailles, KY. Frontier Nursing University is a historically black school. Frontier Nursing University is a tribal college. Frontier Nursing University is a completely online college that all programs/degrees are offered via distance education. It is classified as a Other health professions school school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree- professional practice. The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Frontier Nursing University is $18,073 in average. The school has 2,336 students (all graduate).

Graduate School Overview

The school is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/2004 - Current).

Frontier Nursing Directory Information
School Name	Frontier Nursing University (Frontier Nursing)
Address	2050 Lexington Road, Versailles, KY 40383
Phone	859-251-4700
Web	https://www.frontier.edu
Online Application	https://frontier.edu/admissions/apply
Financial Info	https://www.frontier.edu/financial-aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Frontier Nursing University is $18,073 in average. The school has 2,336 students (all graduate). Among them, 9 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$18,073
Student Population	2,336
Offered Degrees/Programs	Master's, Post-Master Certificate, and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	9 graduate programs (9 programs available online learning)

The graduate tuition & fees at Frontier Nursing University is $18,073 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $646.

Frontier Nursing University offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	9 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	No Special Learning Available or Reported
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Frontier Nursing University is $18,073. The graduate tuition & fees are decreased by -13.03% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$16,921	$1,000
2019-2020	$18,000	$1,675
2020-2021	$18,617	$1,675
2021-2022	$19,080	$1,700
2022-2023	$16,473	$1,600

The graduate school tuition & fees of Frontier Nursing is expensive compared to private graduate schools in Kentucky. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,532 and the Kentucky graduate tuition is $17,742 (public) / $10,765 (private).

The next table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Frontier Nursing University	$18,073
All Graduate Schools	$16,006	$19,532
Public	$11,452	$20,604
Private	$19,609
Kentucky Graduate Schools	$10,484	$12,915
Public	$11,003	$17,742
Private	$10,765

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $646 at Frontier Nursing University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 1.57% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$580
2019-2020	$600
2020-2021	$618
2021-2022	$636
2022-2023	$646

Graduate Programs at Frontier Nursing

Frontier Nursing University offers 9 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 1,020 students have completed their study at Frontier Nursing University.

Offered Degrees at Frontier Nursing University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	4	4	707
Doctor's degree - other	1	1	201
Post Master's Degree	4	4	112
Total	9	9	1,020

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Frontier Nursing University by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing program with 86 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery program with 294 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other) program with 201 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Frontier Nursing University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	✔	86	-
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery	✔	18	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✔	8	-
Women's Health Nurse/Nursing	✔	0	-

Popular Master's Programs at Frontier Nursing University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery	✔	294	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✔	236	-
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	✔	126	-
Women's Health Nurse/Nursing	✔	51	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Frontier Nursing University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other)	✔	201	-

Frontier Nursing University offers 9 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered online completely. Last year total 1,020 students have completed their graduate studies.

707 students have earned/completed Master's program.
201 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
112 students have earned/completed Post-Master's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔	707 completers	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✔	236	-
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery	✔	294	-
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	✔	126	-
Women's Health Nurse/Nursing	✔	51	-
	Total	707

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔	201 completers	-
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other)	✔	201	-
	Total	201

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔	112 completers	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✔	8	-
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery	✔	18	-
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	✔	86	-
Women's Health Nurse/Nursing	✔	0	-
	Total	112

Graduate Student Population at Frontier Nursing

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 2,468 students enrolled into Frontier Nursing University graduate schools where it has total 2,335 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 1,793 full-time and 675 part-time graduate students. By gender, 141 male and 2,327 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,468	141	2,327
Full-time	1,793	101	1,692
Part-tme	675	40	635

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 1,698 White (68.80%), 329 Black/African American (13.33%), 170 Hispanic (6.89%), 56 Asian (2.27%), and 215 students with other races.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,468	141	2,327
American Indian/Native American	19	3	16
Asian	56	5	51
Black/African American	329	9	320
Hispanic	170	8	162
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	0	6
White	1,698	105	1,593
Two More	87	6	81
Un-Known	103	5	98
Non-resident Alien	0	0	0

Frontier Nursing University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. Frontier Nursing University is an online completely school so all students are enrolled in online degree programs.

Distance Learning Student Population
Number of Graduate Students

Total 2,468

Enrolled Online Exclusively 2,468

Enrolled Some Online Courses 0

Not in Online Courses 0

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	2,468
Enrolled Online Exclusively	2,468
Enrolled Some Online Courses	0
Not in Online Courses	0

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Frontier Nursing University. 24 students are aged 20 to 24 (0.97% of total students), 236 students are aged above 50 (9.56%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Frontier Nursing University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
Total Male Female

Total 2,468 141 2,327
Age 22-24 24 0 24
Age 25-29 391 18 373
Age 30-34 575 30 545
Age 35-39 564 36 528
Age 40-49 678 43 635
Age 50-64 227 14 213
Over 64 9 0 9

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